A former New
York lawyer convicted of helping a jailed Egyptian militant cleric
smuggle messages out of prison lost her bid on Friday to be released
from prison because she is suffering from terminal cancer.

Lynne Stewart, 73, is three
years into a 10-year prison sentence after being convicted of aiding her
client, blind cleric Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, who was convicted in
1995 of conspiring to attack the United Nations and other New York City
landmarks.